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-
-
-
- language: SGML (Standardized Generalized Markup Language)
- package: sgmls
- version: 1.0
- parts: parser
- author: James Clark <jjc@jclark.com> and Charles Goldfarb
- how to get: ftp pub/text-processing/sgml/sgmls-1.0.tar.Z from ftp.uu.net
- uk: ftp sgmls/sgmls-1.0.tar.Z from sgml1.ex.ac.uk
- description: SGML is a markup language standardized in ISO 8879.
- Sgmls is an SGML parser derived from the ARCSGML
- parser materials which were written by Charles
- Goldfarb. It outputs a simple, easily parsed, line
- oriented, ASCII representation of an SGML document's
- Element Structure Information Set (see pp 588-593
- of ``The SGML Handbook''). It is intended to be
- used as the front end for structure-controlled SGML
- applications. SGML is an important move in the
- direction of separating information from its
- presentation, i.e. making different presentations
- possible for the same information.
- ports: unix, msdos
- updated: 1992/10/20
-
- language: Simula
- package: Lund Simula
- version: 4.07
- author: ?
- how to get: ftp misc/mac/programming/+_Simula/* from rascal.ics.utexas.edu
- description: ?
- contact: Lund Software House AB / Box 7056 / S-22007 Lund, Sweden
- updated: 1992/05/22
-
- language: Smalltalk
- package: Little Smalltalk
- version: 3
- author: Tim Budd ?
- how to get: ftp pub/budd/? from cs.orst.edu
- ports: unix, pc, atari, vms
- status: ?
- updated: ?
-
- language: Smalltalk
- package: GNU Smalltalk
- version: 1.1.1
- parts: ?
- author: ?
- how to get: ftp smalltalk-1.1.1.tar.Z from a GNU archive site
- description: ?
- discussion: ?
- bugs: gnu.smalltalk.bug
- contact: ?
- updated: 1991/09/15
-
- language: Smalltalk
- package: Manchester Smalltalk Goodies Library
- parts: libraries
- how to get: ftp uiuc/st*/* from st.cs.uiuc.edu
- uk: ftp uiuc/st*/* from mushroom.cs.man.ac.uk
- description: a large collection of libraries for smalltalk
- contact: goodies-lib@cs.man.ac.uk
- updated: 1992/07/06
-
- language: Snobol4
- package: SIL (Macro Implementation of SNOBOL4)
- version: 3.11
- how to get: ftp snobol4/* from cs.arizona.edu
- contact: snobol4@arizona.edu
- updated: 1986/07/29
-
- language: Snobol4
- package: vinilla
- version: ?
- author: Catspaw, Inc.
- how to get: ftp snobol4/vanilla.arc from cs.arizona.edu
- contact: ?
- ports: MSDOS
- updated: 1992/02/05
-
- language: SR (Synchronizing Resources)
- package: sr
- version: 2.0
- parts: ?, documentation, tests
- how to get: ftp sr/sr.tar.Z from cs.arizona.edu
- description: SR is a language for writing concurrent programs.
- The main language constructs are resources and
- operations. Resources encapsulate processes and
- variables they share; operations provide the primary
- mechanism for process interaction. SR provides a novel
- integration of the mechanisms for invoking and
- servicing operations. Consequently, all of local and
- remote procedure call, rendezvous, message passing,
- dynamic process creation, multicast, and semaphores are
- supported.
- reference: "The SR Programming Language: Concurrency in Practice",
- by Gregory R. Andrews and Ronald A. Olsson, Benjamin/Cummings
- Publishing Company, 1993, ISBN 0-8053-0088-0
- contact: sr-project@cs.arizona.edu
- discussion: info-sr-request@cs.arizona.edu
- ports: Sun-4, Sun-3, Decstation, SGI Iris, HP PA, HP 9000/300,
- NeXT, Sequent Symmetry, DG AViiON, RS/6000, Multimax,
- Apollo, and others.
- updated: 1992/09/01
-
- language: Standard ML
- package: sml2c
- version: ?
- parts: translator(C), documentation, tests
- how to get: ftp /usr/nemo/sml2c/sml2c.tar.Z from dravido.soar.cs.cmu.edu
- linux: ftp pub/linux/smlnj-0.82-linux.tar.Z from ftp.dcs.glasgow.ac.uk
- author: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
- conformance: superset
- + first-class continuations,
- + asynchronous signal handling
- + separate compilation
- + freeze and restart programs
- history: based on SML/NJ version 0.67 and shares front end and
- most of its runtime system.
- description: sml2c is a Standard ML to C compiler. sml2c is a batch
- compiler and compiles only module-level declarations,
- i.e. signatures, structures and functors. It provides
- the same pervasive environment for the compilation of
- these programs as SML/NJ. As a result, module-level
- programs that run on SML/NJ can be compiled by sml2c
- without any changes. It does not support SML/NJ style
- debugging and profiling.
- ports: IBM-RT Decstation3100 Omron-Luna-88k Sun-3 Sun-4 386(Mach)
- portability: easy, easier than SML/NJ
- contact: david.tarditi@cs.cmu.edu anurag.acharya@cs.cmu.edu
- peter.lee@cs.cmu.edu
- updated: 1991/06/27
-
- language: Standard ML
- package: SML/NJ
- version: 0.75
- parts: ?
- author: ?
- how to get: ftp /lang/sml_nj_0.75/* from nuri.inria.fr
- description: ?
- bugs: ?
- discussion: ?
- updated: 1991/11/25
-
- language: TCL (Tool Command Language)
- package: TCL
- version: 6.3
- parts: interpreter, libraries, tests, documentation
- how to get: ftp tcl/tcl6.3.tar.Z from sprite.berkeley.edu
- msdos: ftp ? from cajal.uoregon.edu
- macintosh: ftp pub/ticl from bric-a-brac.apple.com
- author: John Ousterhout <ouster@cs.berkeley.edu>
- description: TCL started out as a small language that could be
- embedded in applications. It has now been extended
- into more of a general purpose shell type programming
- language. TCL is like a text-oriented Lisp, but lets
- you write algebraic expressions for simplicity and to
- avoid scaring people away.
- + may be used as an embedded interpreter
- + exceptions, packages (called libraries)
- - only a single name-space
- + provide/require
- - no dynamic loading ability
- ? - arbitrary limits ?
- - three variable types: strings, lists, associative arrays
- bugs: ?
- discussion: comp.lang.tcl
- ports: ?
- updated: 1992/05/14
-
- language: TCL
- package: BOS - The Basic Object System
- version: 1.31
- parts: library
- author: Sean Levy <Sean.Levy@cs.cmu.edu>
- how to get: ftp tcl/? from barkley.berkeley.edu
- description: BOS is a C-callable library that implements the
- notion of object and which uses Tcl as its interpreter
- for interpreted methods (you can have "compiled"
- methods in C, and mix compiled and interpreted
- methods in the same object, plus lots more stuff).
- I regularly (a) subclass and (b) mixin existing
- objects using BOS to extend, among other things,
- the set of tk widgets (I have all tk widgets wrapped
- with BOS "classes"). BOS is a class-free object
- system, also called a prototype-based object system;
- it is modeled loosely on the Self system from
- Stanford.
- updated: 1992/08/21
-
- language: Web
- package: web2c
- version: ?
- parts: translator(C)
- how to get: ftp ? from ftp.cs.umb.edu
- description: A version of tangle that outputs C code
- contact: ?
- updated: ?
-
- language: Web
- package: Web
- version: ?
- parts: translator(Pascal)
- author: Donald Knuth
- how to get: ftp ? from labrea.stanford.edu
- description: Donald Knuth's programming language where you
- write the source and documentation together.
- contact: ?
- updated: ?
-
- language: yacc
- package: NewYacc
- version: 1.0
- parts: parser generator, documenation
- how to get: ftp src/newyacc.1.0.*.Z from flubber.cs.umd.edu
- author: Jack Callahan <callahan@mimsy.cs.umd.edu>
- reference: see Dec 89 CACM for a brief overview of NewYacc.
- updated: 1992/02/10
-
- language: yacc
- package: bison
- version: 1.18
- parts: parser generator, documentation
- author: many ?
- how to get: ftp bison-1.16.tar.Z from a GNU archive site
- bugs: bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu
- ports: unix, atari, ?
- restriction: *** will CopyLeft your code if you use it ***
- updated: 1992/01/28
-
- language: yacc
- package: ? jaccl ?
- version: ?
- parts: parser generator
- author: Dave Jones <djones@megatest.uucp>
- description: a LR(1) parser generator
- how to get: ?
- updated: 1989/09/08
-
- language: yacc
- package: byacc (Berkeley Yacc)
- version: ?
- parts: parser generator
- author: Robert Corbett ? <corbett@ernie.Berkeley.EDU> ?
- how to get: ftp pub/byacc.tar.Z from ucbarpa.berkeley.edu
- description: ?
- history: Used to be called Zoo, and before that, Zeus
- updated: 1990/02/05
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------ archives ---------------------------------------
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- language: APL, J
- package: APL, J, and other APL Software at Waterloo
- parts: ftp archive
- how to get: ftp languages/apl/index from watserv1.waterloo.edu
- contact: Leroy J. (Lee) Dickey <ljdickey@math.waterloo.edu>
- updated: 1992/07/06
-
- language: lisp
- package: MIT AI Lab archives
- description: archive of lisp extensions, utilities, and libraries
- how to get: ftp pub/* from ftp.ai.mit.edu
- contact: ?
- updated: ?
-
- language: lisp
- package: Lisp Utilities collection
- description: an archive of lisp extensions, tools, and libraries
- how to get: ftp Lisp-Utilities from ftp.cs.cmu.edu ?
- contact: cl-utilities-request@cs.cmu.edu
- updated: ?
-
- language: Scheme
- package: The Scheme Repository
- description: an archive of scheme material including a bibliography,
- the R4RS report, sample code, utilities, and implementations.
- how to get: ftp pub/scheme/* from nexus.yorku.ca
- contact: Ozan S. Yigit <scheme@nexus.yorku.ca>
- updated: ?
-
- language: C, C++, Objective C, yacc, lex, postscript,
- sh, awk, smalltalk, sed
- package: the GNU archive sites
- description: There are many sites which mirror the master gnu archives
- which live on prep.ai.mit.edu. Please do not use
- the master archive without good reason.
- how to get: pub/gnu/* from prep.ai.mit.edu
- USA: ftp mirrors4/gnu/* from wuarchive.wustl.edu
- ftp pub/src/gnu/* from ftp.cs.widener.edu
- ftp gnu/* from uxc.cso.uiuc.edu
- ftp mirrors/gnu/* from col.hp.com
- ftp pub/GNU/* from gatekeeper.dec.com
- ftp packages/gnu/* from ftp.uu.net
- Japan: ftp ? from ftp.cs.titech.ac.jp
- ftp ftpsync/prep/* from utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
- Australia: ftp gnu/* from archie.au
- Europe: ftp gnu/* from src.doc.ic.ac.uk
- ftp pub/GNU/*/* from ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de [re-org'ed]
- ftp pub/gnu/* from ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de
- ftp pub/gnu/* from nic.funet.fi
- ftp pub/gnu/* from ugle.unit.no
- ftp pub/gnu/* from isy.liu.se
- ftp pub/gnu/* from ftp.stacken.kth.se
- ftp pub/gnu/* from sunic.sunet.se [re-org'ed]
- ftp pub/gnu/* from ftp.win.tue.nl
- ftp pub/gnu/* from ftp.diku.dk
- ftp software/gnu/* from ftp.eunet.ch
- ftp gnu/* from archive.eu.net [re-org'ed]
- updated: 1992/10/12
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ----------------------------- references --------------------------------------
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- name: Language List
- author: Bill Kinnersley <billk@hawk.cs.ukans.edu>
- how to get: posted regularly to comp.lang.misc
- description: Descriptions of almost every computer langauge there is.
- Many references to available source code.
- version: 1.7 ?
- updated: 1992/04/05
-
- name: Catalog of embeddable Languages.
- author: Colas Nahaboo <colas@bagheera.inria.fr>
- how to get: posted to comp.lang.misc,comp.lang.tcl
- description: Descriptions of languages from the point of view of
- embedding them.
- version: 2
- updated: 1992/07/09
-
- name: Survey of Interpreted Languages
- author: Terrence Monroe Brannon <tb06@CS1.CC.Lehigh.ED>
- how to get: Posted to comp.lang.tcl,comp.lang.misc,comp.lang.perl,
- gnu.emacs.help,news.answers; or ftp
- pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-ar*/pack*/Hy*Act*F*/survey-inter*-languages
- from archive.cis.ohio-state.edu.
- description: Detailed comparision of a few interpreters: Emacs Lisp,
- Perl, Python, and Tcl.
- version: ?
- updated: ?
-
- name: Compilers bibliography
- author: Cheryl Lins <lins@apple.com>
- how to get: ftp pub/oberon/comp_bib_1.4.Z from ftp.apple.com
- description: It includes all the POPLs, PLDIs, Compiler Construction, TOPLAS,
- and LOPAS. Plus various articles and papers from other sources on
- compilers and related topics
- version: 1.4
- updated: 1992/10/31
-
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- From: aftp-list@netcom.com (Tom Czarnik, Coordinator)
- Subject: Anonymous FTP List - FAQ
- Message-ID: <faq-310983928.profile@netcom.com>
- Followup-To: comp.archives.admin
- Summary: The Intro/FAQ for the AnonymousFTP Directory and its listings.
- Keywords: annonymous ftp list public archive sites files faq
- Sender: profile@netcom.com (Tom Czarnik)
- Supersedes: <faq_33132-32.profile@netcom.com>
- Reply-To: aftp-list@netcom.com
- Organization: Anonymous FTP Directory
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 20:19:21 GMT
- Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu
- Expires: Sun, 6 Dec 1992 20:19:08 GMT
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- Archive-Name: ftp-list/faq
- Last-Modified: 1992/11/06
- Version: 2.1
-
-
- Anonymous FTP List
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
-
-
- This FAQ is posted monthly, to these Usenet newsgroups: comp.archives.admin,
- comp.misc, comp.sources.wanted, alt.sources.wanted, & news.answers.
-
- I'm in the middle of updating sites with dates older than 1992/01/01.
-
- Comments always welcome.
-
- Tom Czarnik
- aftp-list@netcom.com
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- I keep a directory of Internet sites accepting anonymous FTP and mail
- retrieval of their files. Two listings are posted to the Usenet, as a
- 3-part article, on a monthly basis. You can find them in the following:
-
- comp.sources.wanted alt.sources.wanted
- news.answers comp.misc
-
-
- Topics are shown below and with their respective answers.
- Format: (#Q) for a question and (#A) for the answer.
-
- (1) What types of lists are available?
- (2) How do I read the ISO date?
- (3) Retrieving the list from alternate sources.
- (4) Retrieving the the raw database.
- (5) Using FTP without direct Internet access.
- (6) Problems with a site.
- (7) Information presented is wrong or outdated.
- (8) Getting a site listed or changes made.
- (9) Making the list publicly available.
- (10) Using the general mail server at DEC's Western Research Labs.
- (11) What is Archie and how does it relate to the list?
- (12) What is and how do I use the FTP program?
- *This is going to updated in the future to include more info*
-
-
-
- (1Q) What types of lists are available?
-
- (1A) Lists available and what is included in them:
-
- SITES - contains comphrensive information
-
- o Site name o Date of last audit (ISO format)
- o IP address(s) o UT/GMT difference
- o Comments/problems address o Country (ISO format)
- o Organization o Types of files
- o E-mail server if available o Restrictions
-
- FILES - useable with the Grep utility for file searches
-
- o Site name o Date of last audit (ISO format)
- o IP address(s) o UT/GMT difference
- o Types of files o Country (ISO format)
-
-
- (2Q) How do I read the ISO date?
-
- (2A) The format is Year/Month/Day (1991/12/30 is 30 December 1991) and
- a leading zero is required if the month or day is a single digit.
-
-
- (3Q) Retrieving the list from alternate sources.
-
- (3A) I will mail copies to individuals without other means of retreival
- or to admins of closed systems. Leave me mail for help.
-
- It is available from various FTP sites which archive the Usenet
- news.answers group in the directory 'ftp-list'. Also look for 'ftp-list'
- in either the Sites or Files list. Use anonymous FTP to get it from its
- home site:
-
- ftp.netcom.com 192.100.81.10 /pub/profile/ftp-list
-
- These sites mirror or conatin all or some of the lists maintained at
- ftp.netcom.com.
-
- North America - ftp.uwp.edu 131.210.1.4 in /pub/ftp.list/ftp-list
- Europe - nic.switch.ch 130.59.1.40 in /mirror/ftp-list
- Europe - ftp.denet.dk 129.142.6.74 in /pub/misc/ftp-list
- Europe - garbo.uwasa.fi 128.214.87.1
-
-
- (4Q) Retrieving the raw databse.
-
- (4A) Yes, the database is available for importing into your own database
- programs or anything else you want to do with it. It uses the vertical
- bar as a field seperator, as the character is not used in any fields.
- A Perl search and formatting utility is coming soon. The raw database
- only available on the home FTP archive and ftp.uwp.edu.
-
-
- (5Q) Using FTP without direct Internet access.
-
- (5A) It is possible to get files from a site by using a general mail
- server or many sites have their own servers. If you're on BITNET, ask
- your sysadmin or technical support group about PUCC. For non-BITNET
- sites, try using DEC's; you will find instructions for using it below,
- in (10A).
-
- NOTE: Please make sure your system admin has approved the the use of
- a mail server, as files can take system resources of not only
- your site, but several sites down the stream.
-
-
- (6Q) Problems with a site.
-
- (6A) Mail the problems to the address shown in the Sites list. If a FTP
- comments address is not shown, attempt to use 'ftp@site_name'; replace
- 'site_name' with the name of the troublesome site. If that fails, post
- a note to comp.archives.admin (the newsgroup for archive administrators).
-
-
- (7Q) Information is wrong or outdated.
-
- (7A) Send mail to me detailing the incorrect information and the
- corrections. If you are the site manager for the archive, please see
- below (8A) for the information I need.
-
-
- (8Q) Getting a site listed or changes made.
-
- (8A) Send the following information to aftp-list@netcom.com.
-
- o Site name (and aliases you wanted listed).
- o IP address.
- o Manager(s) full name & email address(es).
- o Address for FTP related issues (problems, comments, etc...).
- o General description of the types of files available.
- o Directories that are for anonymous FTP use (besides /pub).
- o Site's location (country).
- o Organization operating site.
- o UT/GMT difference (include daylight savings time).
- o Are there any special restrictions?
- o Can it be used 24 hours/day?
- o Is an E-mail server available for the site's files only?
-
-
-
- (9Q) Making the list publicly available.
-
- (9A) Please let me know if there is a site that archives either the Sites
- or Files list. I will include it in future updates; the more people who
- have access, the better. Please keep the list updated.
-
-
- (10Q) Using the general mail server at DEC's Western Research Labs.
-
- (10A) Send mail to ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com with 'help' in the body of the
- letter. You CANNOT send a blank letter, commands are not optional.
-
-
- (11Q) What is Archie and how does it relate to the list?
-
- (11A) Archie is a special server that keeps file listings from different
- FTP sites. You can Telnet to a server or use a client program to search
- for specific files.
-
- Here are some sites; send mail to 'archie@site_name' for a help file.
-
- archie.ans.net (North America)
- archie.sura.net (North America)
- archie.unl.edu (North America)
- archie.funet.fi (Finland/Mainland Europe)
- archie.au (Australia/New Zealand)
- archie.doc.ic.ac.uk (Great Britain/Ireland)
- archie.ncu.edu.tw (Taiwan)
- archie.cs.huji.ac.il (Israel)
- [ The above site only accepts client (Prospero) requests. ]
-
-
- (12Q) What is and how do I use the FTP program?
-
- (12A) For novices to the Internet, I highly recommend a recent book,
- 'The Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog' by Ed Krol. It is wriiten
- clearly and contains an enormous amount of information. Read it cover to
- cover, and keep it close at hand. Published by O'Reilly & Asscociates, it
- is available from many computer bookstores or O'Reilly's worldwide
- distributors. Contact the publisher at +1 707-829-0515.
-
-
- The information below was originally maintained by John Granrose (the
- old maintainer of the listings). Mike Jones added the info about the
- existence and location of the compression data chart maintained by David
- Lemson. I added some, too little to be thanked or hated for its content.
-
- By:
-
- John Granrose (odin@pilot.njin.net)
- Mike Jones (mjones@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu)
- Tom Czarnik (profile@netcom.com)
-
-
- This is not a definitive guide to FTP, but will give a novice a
- general idea of what it is and how to do it.
-
-
- What is FTP?
-
- FTP (File Transfer Protocol) allows a person to transfer files
- between two computers, generally connected via the Internet. If
- your system has FTP and is connected to the Internet, you can
- access very large amounts of archives available on a number of
- systems. If you are on Bitnet or a UUCP host, you should look for
- servers that work through the mail. A good source of information
- on archives in general, is the Usenet newsgroup comp.archives.
-
-
- What is Anonymous FTP?
-
- Many systems throughout the Internet offer files through anonymous
- FTP. These include software, documents of various sorts, and files
- for configuring networks. Archives for electronic mailing lists are
- often stored on and available through anonymous FTP. Note that all
- this is subject to change.
-
-
- Commands
-
- All the normal FTP commands may be used to retrieve files. Some FTP
- commands are the same on different computers, but others are not.
- Usually, FTP will list the commands if you type 'help' or type a
- question mark (?). Also, your computer's help command may have
- information about FTP. Try 'man ftp' or 'man ftpd'.
-
- Some useful commands available on most systems include:
-
- get copy a file from the remote computer to yours
- ls/dir list the files in the current directory
- cd Change directory
- binary Switch to binary mode. For transferring binary files
- ascii Switch to ascii mode. Ascii mode is the default mode
-
-
- Procedure
-
- Anonymous FTP is a facility offered by many machines on the Internet.
- This permits you to log in with the user name 'anonymous' or the
- user name 'ftp'. When prompted for a password, type your e-mail
- address -- it's not necessary, but it's a courtesy for those sites
- that like to know who is making use of their facility. Be courteous.
-
- You can then look around and retrieve files. (Most anonymous ftp
- sites do not permit people to store files)
-
- Typically, a directory called 'pub' is where the interesting things
- are stored. Some sites will have a file with a name like ls-lR,
- that contains a complete list of the files on that site. Otherwise,
- you can type ls -lR and get such a listing -- for some sites, this
- can take a LONG time.
-
- Usually, files are grouped in archive files, so you don't have to
- get many small files separately. The most common archival file format
- for the Internet is tar. Occasionally, people use shell archives
- (shar) instead. Tar archives can be unpacked by running the 'tar'
- command -- you may want to first do a 'tar t' on the file to see what
- it contains before unpacking it. Be careful when unpacking shell
- archives since they have to be run through the Bourne shell to unpack
- them. (The simplest way is to use the unshar command)
-
- Files are often stored compressed -- for Unix, the most common scheme
- is the compress program, indicated by a .Z suffix on the file name.
- Sometimes, people use programs like Arc or Zoo, which are combined
- archival and compression formats. (There are probably other archival
- formats as well - talk to the systems staff if you encounter them and
- don't know how to deal with them)
-
- When retrieving non-text files, you must use binary mode, otherwise
- the file gets messed up. To do this, use the 'binary' command. (It's
- safe to set this for text files. If the site at the other end is
- non-Unix, you may need to use some other mode -- see the documents
- for that site and for FTP)
-
- The simplest way to initiate FTP would be to give the command 'ftp
- <system-name>'. The <system-name> is the remote system you are
- connecting to, either a name (wsmr-simtel20.army.mil, if you have
- an entry in /etc/hosts or are accessing a Domain Name Server) or
- the Internet address (192.88.110.20 for Simtel20). After a short
- wait, you will be prompted for your username. If you do not have
- an account on the remote system, some systems allow you to use
- 'anonymous'. This gives you a restricted access path.
-
- You would then be prompted for a password. Some systems will tell
- you to send your real identity as the password. What you type doesn't
- matter, but it is suggested to give your mail address. Other systems
- need a password of 'guest', or something similar.
-
- After that, you should receive the FTP prompt ( usually ftp> ) and
- have access. You can get a directory of files be giving a 'dir'
- command or if the remote system is Unix-based, 'ls -l' will give
- the familiar output. On Simtel20, there is a file available in the
- default anonymous ftp directory that explains what Simtel20 is and
- where files are located. The name is 'SIMTEL-ARCHIVES.INFO.nn, where
- ".nn" is a file generation number. You don't need to specify the file
- generation number when requesting the file. In fact, it's better not
- to because you will always get the latest generation that way.
-
- Unix systems will all have the familiar directory structure, and
- moving around is done with the familiar 'cd' or 'cwd' command.
- TOPS-20 systems have a different structure, but movement is still
- accomplished with the 'cd' command.
-
- Different systems have different organizations for their files, and
- the above example is the way most archives have it set up. By looking
- around other systems, you can learn how their files are arranged and
- move around much faster. Note, however, that FTP will not allow you
- outside the FTP 'root' directory. Moving about the entire system is
- not permitted.
-
- These are the common Unix file types:
-
- SUFFIX FTP TYPE
- ------ --------
- .Z bin compress
- .arc bin ARChive
- .shar ascii SHell ARchive
- .tar bin Tape ARchive
- .uu ascii uuencode/uudecode
- .zip bin Zip
- .zoo bin Zoo
-
-
- To get a list of all file compression/archiving methods and the
- programs to uncompress/unarchive (on the PC, Mac, Unix, VM/CMS,
- AtariST and Amiga systems), FTP to the following sites and
- retrieve the listed file:
-
- ftp.cso.uiuc.edu /doc/pcnet/compression
- gator.netcom.com /pub/profile/compression.Z
- nic.switch.ch /mirror/ftp-list/compression.Z
- (make sure to set the binary mode with 'bin')
-
- This could be helpful to people new to FTP that don't know how
- to unpackage the file they have just transferred.
-
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- From: aftp-list@netcom.com (Tom Czarnik, Coordinator)
- Subject: Anonymous FTP List - Files (Part 1/3)
- Message-ID: <files1-310983966.profile@netcom.com>
- Followup-To: comp.archives.admin
- Summary: A limited listing of anonymous FTP sites/files; usable with Grep.
- Keywords: annonymous ftp list public archive sites files
- Sender: profile@netcom.com (Tom Czarnik)
- Supersedes: <files1_66132-34.profile@netcom.com>
- Reply-To: aftp-list@netcom.com
- Organization: Anonymous FTP Directory
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 20:20:05 GMT
- Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu
- Expires: Sun, 6 Dec 1992 20:19:46 GMT
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- Archive-name: ftp-list/files1
- Last-Modified: 1992/11/06 19:41:39 GMT
-
-
-
- * Anonymous FTP List - Files *
-
- [Strip header only on personal copy]
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-
- Posted to the following monthly to these Usenet newsgroups: comp.misc,
- comp.sources.wanted, alt.sources.wanted, & news.answers. The FAQ (also
- contains information for site managers) is posted to the same groups
- and comp.archives.admin.
-